Ecclesiastes 2:3
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Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
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12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and enjoy the[a] good life. 13 It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.(A)
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- 3:12 Lit his
Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities(A) because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?[a](B)
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- 3:22 Lit after him
Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 Here is what I have seen to be good:(A) It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?(A) Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,(A) for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
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7 Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.(A)
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Isaiah 56:12
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12 “Come, let me get some wine,
let’s guzzle some beer;
and tomorrow will be like today,
only far better!” (A)
Luke 12:19
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19 Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy;(A) eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’(B)
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1 Timothy 6:17
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Instructions to the Rich
17 Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant(A) or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God,[a] who richly provides us with all things(B) to enjoy.
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- 6:17 Other mss read on the living God
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